Hanna Czeczott (3 January 1888 – 17 March 1982) was a Polish botanist, and paleobiologist. She was award the Order of the Banner of Work.

Hanna Czeczott

Life

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She was born in Saint Petersburg. She graduated from the Geographical Institute of Petersburg.[1][2]

In 1910, she married mining engineer Henryk Czeczott. In 1935, she met William Culp Darrah at a European Conference.[3] She worked at the Museum of the Earth. She studied Miocene flora fossils, and Baltic amber. Her botanical collections are held at the University of Warsaw[1]

Works

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  • A Contribution to the knowledge of the flora and vegetation of Turkey Verlag des Repertoriums, 1938

References

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  1. ^ a b "Obituary - Hanna Czeczott" (PDF). palaeobotany.org.
  2. ^ "Honorary members of the Polish Botanical Society, Botanical News 38 (1/2), 9-29, 1994". bomax.botany.pl/.
  3. ^ Darrah, William Culp; C, Paul; Wagner, Robert Herman (1995). Historical perspective of early twentieth century Carboniferous paleobotany in North America. Geological Society of America. ISBN 978-0-8137-1185-0.